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YM 18307
Gajda 2013: 64, fig. 1
INSCRIPTION INFORMATION
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic | ||
| Script | Ancient South Arabian | ||
| Script typology | Monumental writing | ||
| Text direction | Right-to-left | ||
| Text appearance | Recessed | ||
| Execution technique | Incision | ||
| Measure of letters | 4 | ||
| Chronology |
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| Textual typology | Dedicatory text - fragmentary | ||
| Royal inscription | Yes |
TEXT
1 [Rbs²ms¹m Nmrn mlk S¹]bʾ w-ḏ-Ryd[n hqny ... ...]
2 [Tʾlb Rym]m bʿl Rḥbn ṣlmn (ḥ)m(d)[m b-ḏt ... ...]
3 [.. Tʾ]lb-Rymm bʿl Rḥbn b-ḥywm w-s²fqt(m)[ ... ...]
4 [...]m ḏ-hrḍw-hmw w-ḥmdm b-ḏt s¹ʿd w-hws²ʿn Tʾlb [Rym]—
5 [m b]ʿl Rḥbn ʿbd-hw Rbs²ms¹m mlk S¹bʾ w-ḏ-Rydn b-s¹bʾt [.]
6 [... ]b-kn s¹bʾw ʿdy ʾrḍ Ḥmyrm b-ḍr kwn bynht ʾmlk S¹bʾ
7 [w-ḏ-Ry]dn w-hws²ʿ-hmw Tʾlb Rymm bʿl Rḥbn b-ʿdw w-hbʿln (w)-
8 [...] w-hs¹bʿn ʿs¹m hgrm w-mṣnʿm b-kl ʾrḍt Ḥmyrm w-(b)-ʾtw [... ...]
9 [..](ḫ)ms¹-hmw b-ḥmdm w-mqḥm w-brytm w-b-ʿs¹m m[... ...]
10 [. ]w-mgtm ḏ-hrḍw-hmw w-b-ḏt hws²ʿ-hmw[ ... ...]
11 [.. ]ʾs¹dm bn ʾs²ʿb ḏ-Rydn b-mṣn(ʿ)[t ... ...]
12 [... ...]
TRANSLATIONS
| English | |
1 Rbs²ms¹m Nmrn, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, dedicated to [... ...] 2 Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of Rḥbn, the statue in praise because [... ...] 3 Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of Rḥbn, in life and in abundance [... ...] 4 who satisfied them; in praise because Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of 5 Rḥbn, granted and gave favours to His servant Rbs²ms¹m, king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān, during the expedition [... ...] 6 when they made an expedition to the land of Ḥimyar, during the war between the kings of Sabaʾ 7 and ḏu-Raydān, and Tʾlb Rymm, the Lord of Rḥbn, granted them to march and conquer and [... ...] 8 he forced numerous cities and fortresses in all the land of Ḥimyar to capitulate, and he came back [... ...] 9 their army in glory, in triumph and in good health and with numerous [... ...] 10 the divine decisions, which satisfied them; because He granted them [... ...] 11 soldiers from the tribe of ḏu-Raydān in the fortress [... ...] 12 [... ...] |
OBJECT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription |
| Material | Stone |
| Dimensions | h. 64, w. 56 |
| Link to object record |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Jabal Riyām |
| Ancient site | Trʿt |
| Geographical area | Arḥab |
| Country | Yemen |
| Archaeological context | Religious context: Temple of Tʾb Rymm bʿl Rḥbn |
| Link to site record |
CULTURAL NOTES
Rbs²ms¹m Nmrn, king of Sabaʾ and dhū-Raydān, made a war in the territory of Ḥimyar.
For the date of this king (2nd c. AD), see Gajda 2013: 69-71.
For the date of this king (2nd c. AD), see Gajda 2013: 69-71.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Gajda 2013: 63-66, fig. 1 | Gajda, Iwona 2013. Rabbshamsum roi de Sabaʾ et dhū-Raydān et les guerres du IIe siècle de l'ère chrétienne. Pages 63-72 in Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet, Catherine Fauveaud and Iwona Gajda (eds). Entre Carthage et l’Arabie heureuse. Mélanges offerts à François Bron. (Orient & Méditerranée, 12). Paris: de Boccard. |